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PHILLIP MURRY WEDDINGTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 29, 1948 – June 25, 1968
Service recordPhillip Murry Weddington, of Valley Station, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 1
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Valley Station, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1968; ten of them were lost in Long An Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 118 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 1
- MACK WILBERT WILLIAMSCorporal · June 25, 1968
- JORGE L BATISTA-RODRIGUEZPlatoon Sergeant · June 26, 1968
- RICHARD TERRY BRONSONSergeant · June 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY HUDGINS BROOKSSpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 33
- IVY GALE CHILDRESSSpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 33
- CHARLES JAMES HUZICKOSergeant · Panel 55W, Line 35
- PHILLIP ROGERSSpecialist Five · Panel 55W, Line 37
- RICHARD SIMMONSStaff Sergeant · Panel 55W, Line 38
- ROBERTO BRAGHINI JRSergeant First Class · Panel 55W, Line 39
- DENNIS EUGENE THOMPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 39
- DOMINIC UNGARO JRPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 39
- MACK WILBERT WILLIAMSCorporal · Panel 54W, Line 1
From Valley Station
- CARL AUGUSTUS BALLENGERStaff Sergeant · October 20, 1967
- ARTHUR DWIGHT SINGLETONPrivate First Class · January 17, 1968
- REUBEN CARL MCMACKINS JRCorporal · April 14, 1968
- MICHAEL LEE CRUSELance Corporal · February 22, 1969
- THEODORE IRWIN ROBERTSSergeant First Class · May 4, 1970
- JAMES ROBERT STOUTSpecialist Four · May 2, 1971
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.